From: noer AT cygnus DOT com (Geoffrey Noer)
Subject: Re: What does it mean?
9 Jul 1998 18:41:36 -0700
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To: Sergey Okhapkin <sos AT prospect DOT com DOT ru>,
        "cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com" <cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com>,
        "'jeffdbREMOVETHIS AT goodnet DOT com'" <jeffdb AT goodnet DOT com>

On Mon, Jun 29, 1998 at 12:07:59PM +0400, Sergey Okhapkin wrote:
>
> > The x bit IS apparently set on NT by the symlink checking code,
> > but like I said on 95 it isn't set. you get a permission denied
> > whenever you try to run a shell script from $PATH without this
> > code frag.
> 
> I have the same problem on NT too, so the code must not depend of os
> being run.

So I gather the conclusion is we need to do away with the not NT check
and always use this code?  I'm trying to get through all my mail after
vacationing and would like to resolve this so I can delete this
thread.  :-)

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Geoffrey Noer
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